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1. (n.) Erebus
the underworld in ancient Greek belief.
2. Erebus
Mount, a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island. 13,202 ft. (4024 m).
Etymology: (< L < Gk Érebos)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Erebus
(Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
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1. (noun) Erebus
a place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883
2. (noun) Erebus
the son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Erebus
a region of utter darkness in the depths of Hades, into which no mortal ever penetrated, the proper abode of Pluto and his Queen with their train of attendants, such as the Erinnyes, through which the spirits of the dead must pass on their way to Hades; equivalent to the valley of the shadow of death.
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